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“You are mistaken. He is not at all like a wall. He is round and

smooth and sharp. He is more like a spear than anything else.”

The third happened to take hold of the elephant’s trunk. “Both

of you are wrong,” he said, “Anybody who knows anything can

see that this elephant is like a snake.”

The fourth reached out his arms and grasped one of the
elephant’s legs. “Oh, how foolish you are!” he said, “It is very

plain to me that he is round and tall like a tree.”

The fifth was a very tall man. He chanced to take hold of the

elephant’s ear. “The most stupid man ought to know that this

beast is not like any of the things that you name,” he said, “He is

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